I recently had the privilege of looking after my grandson for an evening. One of the things I love about children is their curiosity about their world. My grandson’s delight in seeing and exploring new things is infectious, you reconnect with your own childhood when delight was found in simple things. Of course, along with …
Have you noticed how being busy has become a badge of status in life and particularly in the workplace? As someone who is about to go on holiday I am looking forward to a time of rest and refreshment away from this busyness. Being busy is seductive; it makes us think we are being productive …
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When I listen to what some business owners do for their working day I feel exhausted just listening to them. However, it may just be they have that kind of capacity and can handle spinning a lot of plates. The question is not, ’how much am I doing?’ The question you need to ask is, …
Do you ever have the thought as a leader that you need to know everything that is going on? Or perhaps to be able to do everything? There is an unspoken pressure to do this and whilst I understand this view, I have discovered this view creates obstacles to the growth of those you lead. …
Have you ever had to have a difficult conversation with a team member or perhaps a colleague? For me difficult conversations, or the thought of them, can cause me more than one disturbed night’s sleep. However, the truth is difficult conversations are a part of life. It is easy to forget that having difficult conversations …
I have just returned from a trip to Zambia. Apart from meeting some amazing people there were some differences in the landscape too. We came across many large ant or termite hills. Some a number of metres high. Quite amazing. Inside each ant hill there are thousands of ants functioning at quite a complex level …
Over the last few days, I have been involved in helping leaders to understand how they are wired. Effective leaders have discovered that the key to great leadership does not start with leading others it starts with how you lead yourself. The key to being an effective leader is self-awareness. When you don’t know yourself …
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For five years my family and I lived and worked in South India. It was an amazing experience with many cross-cultural challenges. As someone who delivers training, I am on the look out for how engaged participants are with the content. In my own culture I know what disengaged generally looks like. Initially I took …
Last week the blog looked at how important trust is for organisations and teams. This week I want to zoom in to a key factor in generating trust. Trust in leadership is at an all time low. It may be that trust is higher in business leaders than in government leaders, it is still not …
This week I want to lift some content out of my book I See You: to lead well you need credibility. Whilst you will judge a leader’s credibility by what they do and say, the leader’s credibility starts as an inside job. As John C. Maxwell says: “People unaware of who they are and what …
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